Folding wind-shield for automobiles.



0.5. BYRON. FOLDING WIND SHIELD FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED PBBJB, 1909.

Patented--J une 6,' 1911.

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0. E. BYRON.

FOLDING WIND SHIELD POR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.13, 1909.

Ptented June 6, 1911.

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roe-aie, or Daarvan, coronario.

; estres-tien Letters Zfatentt '-.ied February ifi, i308. Effe. JZZSYS.

iie it kneten that @una E, BYRON, eitioit the United States, residing Dem ver, in the county ofoienver State of olerado, have invented certain and 'useiui imprevenientsl in Folding inddo clear, and exact Shieids for Automobiles; the i'oilowing to he a tuil description of the invention., such as xviii enaoie others' skiiied in the art to which it.A

object being to provide a shieid oi 'this chau acter composed of two members Connected by a hinged joint, whereby` the upper part may be 'folded rearward or toward the occupants of thevehiele, thus making' it practicahie t reduce the air resist-ance to which the machine is subjected in its forward progress, and :also making it practicabie to complet is fold the upper portion oi the shield, Whe by oniy the iower portion shail be expo. to the air., y

fin important feature of my improved construction consists in mounting'a number of disks upon a hinged pintle, one ot which moves with the folding member of the shield, 'friction disks being-interposed between this movabie disk and nieta] disks mounted on opposite sides, whereby the hinged or movable member of the shield is held in any desired position of adjustment Without the use or' ordinary locking devices` l Another important feature or" my eenstruetion consists or' a relatively small ohannel-iron attached to the tubular frame of the shieid, the said channel-iron being adapted to receive the glass plates forming the transparent portion of the shieid. These channels irons, connected. as aforesaid, make it practica-ble for the tubular member'of the iframe to yield Within reasonable limits Without breaking theglass, or jnterfering'with the glass hoiding ehannel members of the fram e.

.i'aving brieiy outlined my improved construction, I will proceed to describe the same in detaii,v reference being made to the ac comparrving drawing, in Which is illustrated an embodiment' thereof..

which is partly broken Fig bar S, which is adapted to receive i ie e" y in the drawing, Figure l is front view oit my improved shield for automobiles, thesai attached to the dashboard et G s. 2, 3 i are, sections taken on the iines 2-2, 3 5 and #4, respeetiveiy, o'ig,

being shown on a iarger ,sc-aie l ig. 5' fragmentary vieu7 of the construction sh on vlarger scale than in F iront view showing the hinged Construction and is obtained by iooking in the direction. et arrow 5, Fig. t5. 6 is a side view/of the construction shown in "li,

et' the construction being broken away. if ig.;

i is a side view, partiy in section, obtained b f lookin@- in the. direction of arrow L?. v l Eig. 5. f

The same reference characters indicate same parts in aii the views.'

met the nume-rai- 5 designate tue iou'er memher of my improved foidin" "Wind shieid, and 'the upper member rlie outer framework of eaeli inemo shieid consists oi' a time?, to the which is secured a reis iveiy sin 9 ofeaeh shield member. Fihe mannd securing the giass heid-ing channel bar 'ivhuasel the tube i is by means of rivets i headsv lf2 eountersunk 11i the bottom the channei bar groove, the rivets Neing;` passed through thel tube 7 and upset on the opposite side,as shot/vaat i3. es many et theseyrivets may. be empioyed necessary in order to` secure the channel iron 8 to thev tube T.

se shown in the drawing, the io wer meinber of the shieid is mounted upon a board 15, being secured theretoA by a. heit l5, Whose head is countersunk in the lower edge of the board, as shown at 1G, itsupper eX- treinity being threaded into a ping 17, "inserted in theA tubular part of the frame for the purpose. As shown 'in thedrawing, tivo of these boltsvl areleinpioyed iorconnectv ing the bottom board id with the loWel member of the shieldu it is evident that any desired 'number of 'these bolts'may .be employed. The plugs 17 'are applied to the tube for the purpose of reinforcement.

dashboard a of the automobiie, bymeans oi" metal straps'l, which overlap the two `105 .-The bottom board-le is secured to thef connected members, bolts being passed through the said straps for securing purposes.

The glass plates of the two members of the shield at their upper and lower adjacent edges engage channel bar members 8 alone, these two members being intv'close proximity to each other. At the 'extremities of the last namedchannel bars 8, two hinged members and 21 are located. The

" member 2l has a stern 22, which enters the adjacent tubes 7 of the fra'me, and is secured thereto by a bolt 23. The member 2O has a similar stem 24., which enters the end of the lower or opposite tube 7 of the frame, being secured thereto by a bolt 25. The member 2l has a` perforated lug 26, which projects forward from the axis of its stem, while the member 20 has two similar perforated lugs 27, located on` opposite sides of the lug 26, the perforations of the three lugs registering. Through these perforations passes the bolt 28 forming the hinge pin which is secured at its opposite extremity by a nut 29. From this it will be understood that there are two hinge members 2l, and two coperating members 20, the members 2l being connected with the upper shield member 6, while the two members 20 are connected with the lower or stationary shield member 5. Vvlhen the upper shield. member is in an upright position or in the-same vertical plano with the lower shield member, a shoulder or horizontal offset 30 of the hinge member 2l engages a shoulder 3l on the hinge member 20,'thus preventing the upper shield member 6 from moving forwardly beyond its vertical position. However, it is 'free to move rearwardly for hinging purposes, as indicated by dotted lines in llligs. l and 6.

Mounted upon the hinge pin or pintle 28 is a metal disk 32 and two metal disks 33,

occupying positions on opposite sides of the disk 32, there being two friction disks 34e, located between the disk 32 and the disks 313 on opposite sides. These friction disks 34k are preferably composed of leather, but may be composed of any suitable mavteria'l for the purpose.- 'lhevn'iiddle metal disk 32 is secured to thev upper shield mem. ber by means of the bolt 23, metal disks 33 are secured to the lower shield member by means of the bolt 25. The disk 32 is provided with a perforated ear 35, which engages a washer 36, whose inner surface is curved to tit the frame tube 7, the fastening bolt 23 being passed through the said ear and washer and also through the stem 22 of' the hinge member 2l inserted in the tube of the fraise as' heretofore explained. Similarly, the two metal while the two.

' friction. Y

disks 33 are provided with perforated ears 37, spaced by a washer 38 through whichl -the fastening bolt 25 passes, a washer l0 similar to the washer 36 being interposed betweenthejnner ear 87 and the frame tube 'Z' of the lower shield member. From this explanation it will be understood that theA middle disk 32 is secured to and moves with the upper folding member 6 of the shield,

while the .two disks 33v aresecured to and stationary with the lower shield member 5;

while the interposed yfriction disks 34s are` mounted upon the hinge pintle, being clamped between the metal disks and servingto produce the necessary friction to maintain the folding member in any desired position of adjustment.

It will beunderstood from reference to Fig. l that the disk construction, both metal and frictional, .is duplicated at. the opposite sides of the shield.

The lower member 5 ofthe wind shield.'

is supported byA forwardly extending brace rods 3.

Attention is called to the fact thatthe.V

hinge pintle 28 is' located rearwardly .of the pla-ne of the shield when the two members are in Vertical alinement, to permit the engaging shoulders of the hinge members to separate during the necessary movement of the upper member of the shield.

Attention is called to the 'fact that Ythe channel `irons 8 for holding the transparentl pla'tes 9 of the shield, are provided on their inner surfaces with a packing 4l composed of felt or other suitable material, whereby theglass is prevented from comingl in direct contact with the metal.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is.:

A. wind shield composed of two hinged members, the hinge pintle of the said members extending beyond the edge of the said -shield, and disks coaxially mounted on the hinged pintle, on the extending portion thereof, one of the disks being secured be-v ycnd Aits center to one member of the shield, and the other disks being arranged on opposite sides of the first named disk, and se' cured beyond their center to the other members of the shield, and layers of material also mounted on -the extending portion of the hinge pintle and interposed on opposite sides of the first named disk.to increase In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses. orina n. BYRON.

Witnesses: 1

T. W; FUGATE, A. J. OBRIEN. 

